The Gamer Who Hopes To Journey To The End Of The Minecraft

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Intrepid gamer sets off to seek out the tip of the Minecraft world - regardless that it'll take him 25 YEARS



Kurt Mac has already travelled seven hundred digital km in the game



Estimates it is going to take him 22 years to complete his journey



Hopes to achieve the 'far worlds' - an space where the sport begins to interrupt down



By Mark Prigg



Revealed: 23:51 BST, 28 January 2014 | Up to date: 18:37 BST, 29 January 2014



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Anybody who has ventured into the blocky digital world of Minecraft shortly realises the dimensions of the massively standard on-line sport.



But for one person, finding out precisely how huge it is has grow to be an obsession.



Kurt Mac hopes to succeed in the edge of the game, a murky space solely referred to by the sport's creator as 'the Far Lands' - despite the fact that he expects it to take 25 years.



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Journey to the tip of the world: One of many furthest factors in Minecraft reached by Kurt Mac. He hopes to achieve the edge of the sport, a murky area solely referred to by the game's creator as 'the Far Lands' - regardless that he expects it to take 25 years.



What's MINECRAFT?



Accessible on all the things from smartphones to video games consoles, Minecraft is a virtual world made up of sq. blocks of various materials.



Players can break down and construct structures through farming and mining.



Every recreation generates a model new world populated with a unique configuration of timber, plains and mountains, making it ideal for exploring.



The world continues to routinely generate because the participant moves further away from its centre - though its creators have warned of the Far Lands, where the game's code could start to break down.



Mac started his quest three years ago, in March 2011.



He loaded up a brand new sport, chose a route and started strolling - and has lined over 700km since.



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His goal if to get to and space of the game Minecraft creator Markus Persson has called the 'Far Lands,' so removed from the middle of the world that the sport can not assist the scale of the world



Recently, he turned the quest into a stroll-a-thon for Child's Play Charity, and has up to now raised over $160,000.



'I started my YouTube series as an ordinary Minecraft Let's Play, the place I built a settlement, looked for sources and explored the realm around my spawn point,' he mentioned.



'After some time I grew impatient and within the 11th episode of the collection determined to pack some important supplies and head West with the purpose of reaching these mysterious Far Lands.



Another shot of the journey so far, revealing snowy peaks.



A map of the journey to date, exhibiting each relaxation cease as a block - to this point over 700km has been coated



'I vowed to make my attempt for the Far Lands without the aid of any mods or cheats, and I've additionally decided to utilize the popularity of my expedition and switch it into a fundraiser for the Child's Play charity!'



One of the largest snags to hit the virtual expedition was when Micrcrafts creators eliminated the Far Lands



'Sadly, the Far Lands were faraway from the game when the new terrain generation code was launched in an replace on September 12th, 2011,' he admitted.



However, he vowed not to upgrade.



'Fear not, fellow Farlanders! Minecraft servers will proceed the expedition in Minecraft Beta 1.7.Three for so long as I have to!'



Up to now the Minecraft world has remained stable - however there are fears it might develop bugs as the sport's limits method.



On his journey, Mac is armed with a sword and a pickaxe, and is accompanied by his trusted companion Wolfie, a tamed wolf he found in the sport.



He narrates each episode of his collection.



The collection remodeled into a type of podcast, the place the matters I discuss may need little to do with the journey itself,' he instructed the brand new Yorker.



'After all, it's always exciting when Minecraft re-grabs my consideration with a perilous cliff, a zombie assault, or a memorable landscape, and i remember the journey I’m on.'



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